ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΥΕΤΑΙ, παρακρουεται
PARAKROUETAI, parakrouetai
Sounds Like: pa-ra-KROO-e-tai
Translations: deceives, misleads, deludes, beguiles
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from 'παρά' (para), meaning 'beside' or 'alongside', and 'κρούω' (krouo), meaning 'to strike' or 'to knock'. Together, it means to strike beside or to strike falsely, leading to the sense of deceiving or misleading someone. It describes the act of tricking or deluding another person, often by presenting false information or by appealing to their desires.
Inflection: Present, Indicative, Middle or Passive, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G3889 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 1:43
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΥΟΜΕΝΟΙ — deceiving, misleading, deluding, beguiling, those who deceive, those who mislead
- ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΥΣΑΜΕΝΗ — having struck aside, having diverted, having deceived, having misled
- ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΥΣΑΜΕΝΟΥ — of having deceived, of having frustrated, of having misled, of having struck falsely
- ΠΑΡΑΚΡΟΥΩ — to strike amiss, to deceive, to mislead, to frustrate, to disappoint
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